Broadland (Drayton), Norfolk
Circa £20,700 Per annum
37Hrs - Permanent - Full-Time - (Part-Time hours would be considered)

Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.

The role

Norfolk's Early Childhood and Family Service provide targeted support to families with children aged 0-5 years. The service offers a range of early childhood services for parents, prospective parents and young children to support in areas including bonding, speech and language development, parenting challenges, mental well-being and healthy relationships

Broadland covers a large geographical area with a mix of rural and urban including Acle, Thorpe/Dussindale and up to Aylsham and Reepham. This post will be based at Drayton but required to work across Broadland and North Norfolk

As a Family Support Practitioner your role is to provide a welcoming, supportive and safe service for children and to learn and develop.

You will make a difference by:

- Providing direct family support at home, within one of our ECFS bases or via video calls.

- Organising and running 1:1 and group-based parenting programmes using evidence-based approaches (e.g. Solihull, Circle of Security, Freedom).

- Attending and participating at relevant multi-agency meetings and providing a lead role when required.

- Using a strengths-based approach to working with families.

- Taking an outcome focussed approach for children and families.

You will need:

- Level 3 or above qualification in social care, health, education or early years.

- Good IT skills and ability to record concise, accurate case notes.

- Ability to understand and reflect on daily practice.

- Experience of delivering one to one or group support to children and families.

- Ability to build safe and effective working relationships with vulnerable young children and adults.

- Ability and willingness to work in a variety of premises across the county (the role will be required to work across more than one district at times).

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

For more information, please contact Machaela Huggins on 07776 659 803 or email

Shortlisting will take place 20th November 2020

Interviews will take place W/C 23rd November 2020 via MS Teams

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.